Project Hope (film)

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Project Hope
Produced byFrank P. Bibas
Production
companies
MacManus, John & Adams
Klaeger Film
Ex-Cell-O
Distributed byModern Talking Picture Service and Association Films [1]
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Project Hope is a 1961 American short documentary film produced by Frank P. Bibas, documenting the maiden voyage of the SS Hope. At the 34th Academy Awards, held in 1962, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject. [2] [3] The Academy Film Archive preserved Project Hope in 2006. [4]

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References

  1. "The S.S. Hope Begins Its Journey for Peace". Business screen magazine. Vol. 22, no. 3. 1961. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. "Project Hope" . Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. October 5, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  4. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.